{"id":141,"date":"2012-08-07T20:37:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T00:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion2\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2021-09-21T21:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T02:21:21","slug":"crystal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/crystal\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Community is an early settlement in District Three of Obion County about 3 or 4 miles north of Fremont and about half way between Union City and Hickman KY. On the district map the name, Crystal, lies in the southwest corner of District Two with the road to Hickman forming a line between the districts for less than a quarter of a mile.<\/p>\n<p>Ed and John Kersey, sons of <a title=\"Obion County TN Pedigrees &amp; Jane &amp; Brother's Family Links\" href=\"http:\/\/wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/cgi-bin\/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=jane1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hiram T. Kersey<\/a>, operated the general store for forty-six years. Civil War veteran <a title=\"Obion County TN Pedigrees &amp; Jane &amp; Brother's Family Links\" href=\"http:\/\/wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/cgi-bin\/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=jane1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. F. M. McRee<\/a> practiced medicine and had interests in or operated a general store, sawmill and cotton Gin. And Dr. Ras Williams spent his entire career practicing medicine here.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Freeman operated a wagon and blacksmith shop for about five years after the Civil War and other smiths were Thomas H. Park and J. N. Huff. H. B. Stiles had a saw mill operation and <a title=\"Obion County TN Pedigrees &amp; Jane &amp; Brother's Family Links\" href=\"http:\/\/wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/cgi-bin\/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=jane1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">N. B. Fluty<\/a> was a farmer. Capt. T. B. Underwood reared his children here and taught school.<\/p>\n<p>Churches near Crystal: Mt. Olive, Antioch, and Cumberland Presbyterian. <a title=\"Obion County TN Pedigrees &amp; Jane &amp; Brother's Family Links\" href=\"http:\/\/wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/cgi-bin\/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;db=jane1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D. E. Park<\/a> was an elder of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of fifty years and Dr. McRee was a member. Ministers there from time to time were E. D. Farris, Jo McLeskey, George McIlwain and Rev. Dunnigan.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%px;\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Obion County History, Union City, Tennessee, Volume One, 1981, Pub. Obion County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Obion County History, Union City, Tennessee, Volume Two, 1985, Pub. Obion County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Marshall, E. H., History of Obion County, Reprinted, 1970, 1974, by H. A. Lanzer Co., Union City, Tennessee<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Community is an early settlement in District Three of Obion County about 3 or 4 miles north of Fremont and about half way between Union City and Hickman KY. 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